Obituaries

Darlene Vivian Wells, 74, of Batavia, died Monday, March 23, 2009, at Washington Care Center in Washington.Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Friday, March 27, at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield with the Rev. Thomas Shipley officiating. Burial will be in Batavia Cemetery. Family visitation will be from 9 a.m. until the time of the service Friday in the funeral home. The family requests memorials to be made in lieu

Ralph E. Smith, 84, of Fairfield, died Monday, March 23, 2009, at Jefferson County Hospital in Fairfield.Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, March 26, at Hope Lutheran Church in Germanville with the Rev. Scott Bieker officiating. Burial will follow in Hope Lutheran Cemetery in Germanville. Visitation will be from 6:30 to 8 p.m. Wednesday at Behner Funeral Home in Fairfield with the family present. The

KALONA ? Eli A. Swartzentruber, 85, of Pleasantview Home in Kalona, died Friday, March 20, 2009, in Mercy Hospital in Iowa City, of congestive heart failure.    Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Monday, March 23, at Sunnyside Mennonite Church in Kalona with the Rev. John King, the Rev. Floyd Helmuth and the Rev. Floyd Yutzy officiating.  Burial will be in Fairview Cemetery in rural Kalona.  Visitation will be from

BRIGHTON ? Kathryn ?Kate? Robison, 96, of Washington, died Saturday, March 21, 2009, at Brownlee Health Center at the United Presbyterian Home in Washington.    Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Wednesday, March 25, at the Gould Funeral Home in Brighton with the Rev. Kitch Shatzer officiating.  Burial will be in Brighton?s Hillcrest Cemetery.  Visitation will begin at 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home where

KALONA ? Donald Dale Kolosiek, 78, of rural Kalona, died Friday, March 20, 2009, at his home.    Funeral services will be at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 28, at the Yoder-Powell Funeral Home and Cremation Service in Kalona.  Burial will be in the Sharon Hill Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.  A general memorial fund has been established.    Mr. Kolosiek was born July 2, 1930,

KEOTA ? Richard D. Pearson, 54, of South English, died Tuesday, March 17, 2009, following a sudden illness.    Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 21, at Powell Funeral Home in Keota with the Rev. Connie Wacht officiating.  Burial will be in Keota Cemetery.  Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. Friday at the funeral home.  Memorials may be designated for the Iowa County Humane Society, a soccer

KEOTA ? Opal L. Hahn, 88, of Keota, died Wednesday, March 18, 2009, in Maplewood Manor in Keota, following a brief illness.    Funeral services will be at 10:30 am. Friday, March 20, at Holy Trinity Parish-St. Mary Catholic Church in Keota, with the Rev. Charles Fladung officiating.  Burial will be in Holy Trinity Cemeteries-St. Mary Cemetery in Keota.  Visitation will be from 5 to 8 p.m. today at Powell Funeral

LONE TREE ? Lucinda ?Ruth? Bugg, 92, of Lone Tree, died Wednesday, March 11, 2009, in the Lone Tree Health Care Center.    Funeral services will be at 10 a.m. Saturday, March 14, at the Sorden-Lewis Home for Funeral and Cremation Services in Lone Tree with the Rev. John M. Caldwell officiating.  Burial will be in the Mount Clark Cemetery near Central City.  Visitation will be from 4 to 7 p.m. today at the funeral

PORT ANGELES, Wash. ? Kenneth Henry Trojovsky, 74, of Sequim, Wash., died Feb. 27, 2009.    A celebration of life service was held Saturday, March 14, at the home of Vicky and Mike Iverson of Port Angeles, Wash.    Mr. Trojovsky was born Jan. 15, 1935, in Norway, Iowa, the son of Victor Henry and Anna Evalyn Trojovsky.  He married Virginia on Nov. 15, 1954, in Coupeville, Wash.  She preceded him in death on July

Virgil C. Smith, 85, of Urbandale, died Monday, March 16, 2009, at the United Presbyterian Home in Washington, from complications of Parkinson?s disease.    Mr. Smith?s body has been donated to the University of Iowa deeded body program, and services will be held at a later date.  Burial will be at a later date at the Friends Cemetery near West Branch.  Memorials have been established for the Michael J. Fox